As in every field, technology is one of the most influential forces in bathroom design. Futuristic forms, industrial expressions and metallic details are key elements of this masculine world. Hardly a day passes without new technologies joining water-saving taps, next-generation basins with enhanced functionality, spa-like showers and self-cleaning toilets to reshape the bathroom. As everything around us becomes digital, the smart, connected products that will shape the future are also taking their place here. A newly developed smart mirror system, for example, will be at your side like a personal assistant: measuring your weight, charging your mobile phone, reading your messages and playing your favourite tracks.
How Should a Technology-Led Bathroom Be Designed?
Technology can be integrated into a bathroom of any style. If you want to make it the defining theme of your bathroom, however, stay with a modern design approach.
Bathrooms that embrace these technological developments are contemporary spaces created through minimalist solutions. Marble and ceramic materials are combined with a single-piece bath, while the shower area features products that look simple but incorporate advanced systems.This approach points towards a bathroom palette of light shades such as ivory, pearl white and soap foam, enlivened by dark grey or even black touches. Accents that do not overwhelm the space are resolved within a quiet, soft and relaxing scheme.
In a technology-led bathroom, nothing should be left out. A bathroom means dozens of items: large and small electronic devices, brushes, hair accessories, creams, medicines, personal care products, boxes and cleaning equipment. Yet the principle of a technological bathroom is that all of them should disappear once you have finished using them, leaving nothing visible. This is a way of respecting the bathroom.
Strong contrasts are also part of these bathrooms’ DNA. Bold contrasts create intriguing combinations, and modern bathrooms in particular become a dance floor for opposing materials: marble and black, mosaic and white, glass and stone…